Yeah, right. It was just a perfectly logical thing to mention at that moment for reasons entirely unrelated to casting W in a bad light. If he'd pointed out that Pearl Harbor had happened on FDR's watch, it would have been for some esoteric reason having nothing to do with blame.
LITD bets that you also know about the resultant Twitter war between S-H and Jeb, who is understandably indignant.
Far more noteworthy than the ensuing flurry over that isolated remark is the context, the overall back and forth between S-H and Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle.
She asked him about how he'd do in the comforter-to-the-nation role that both W and the Most Equal Comrade (after the Connecticut school shooting) found themselves in and he saw a grand opportunity to indulge in something he relishes: vulgar comparisons of degree of virtue:
'OK, I think I have a bigger heart than all of them,' he said. 'I think I'm much more competent than all of them.'But notice he didn't want to dwell any longer than necessary on that softy "heart" stuff. In the next utterance, he's moved on to talking about "competence," implying that, due to the kind of guy he is, unforeseen statistically rare catastrophes would absolutely never happen with hi in charge.
And then, characteristically, he just kind of sputters all over the place:
'If you look at Sandy Hook, those people are still begging for help. It's a disaster, and it's a disaster all over the place.'
'Government has proven to be a disaster during the Obama administration,' Trump pivoted. 'What we need is a leader, we don't have a leader.'
"Government has proven to be a disaster during the Obama administration" - meaning, what? That government, properly administered, can be a ubiquitous and unfailing hero to all?
I'm to the point where I am really creeped out by anybody who is enthusiastic about this buffoon. Anybody who finds one thing likable about him has some serious growing up to do.
Trump is so New York corporate New York. Just an asshole. Nothing more, nothing less.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you all the way. Here's the exit question: Why does he have such appeal (still-strong poll numbers after repeated predictions of his collapse) and to whom exactly does he appeal? And can those people be persuaded that someone else is an at least viable if not better alternative?
ReplyDeleteBecause, in my mind, people are letting their rage and frustration cloud their good judgement. Their pride also won't let them admit they're wrong, hence the excuse making. Also, note that some of his fanbase are the Paul idiots from old times, hence the conspiracy talk and genuinely racist slurs
DeleteWhen anyone asks me what I think of Trump like yesterday afternoon in the sauna at the club, I keep the peace by saying he is entertaining. Still, he can't hold a candle to Don Rickles.
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